6:57 PM,
Sep. 19, 2013

Four people in this 2001 Ford Windstar minivan were taken to Gateway Hospital for treatment following a collision with a 1999 Honda Civic on Thursday morning at the intersection of Lafayette Road and Highway 374.

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Lester Black
Leaf-Chronicle

Three people were taken to Gateway Medical Center Thursday after a three-car accident was caused on Purple Heart Parkway by a 19-year-old allegedly driving drunk, according to the Tennessee Highway Patrol.

Patrick Givens, 19, was driving north on Purple Heart Parkway at around 8:45 a.m. Thursday when he hit the passenger side of a minivan at the intersection of Lafayette Road and Highway 374, THP said. The minivan, which was carrying mentally disabled clients of Progressive Directions, was attempting to turn left from Highway 374 to Lafayette Road, the report said.